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OBS data (info)
DIAG Sets 5 & 6 - Horizontal contour/vector plots of DJF, JJA and ANN means
IPCC/CRU climatology 1961-90 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
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TREFHT | 2-meter air temperature (land) | plot | plot | plot |
HadISST/OI.v2 (Climatology) 1982-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SST | sea surface temperature | plot | plot | plot |
HadISST/OI.v2 (Pre-Indust) 1870-1900 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SST | sea surface temperature | plot | plot | plot |
HadISST/OI.v2 (Present Day) 1999-2008 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SST | sea surface temperature | plot | plot | plot |
Legates & Willmott 1920-80 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
TREFHT * | 2-meter air temperature | plot | plot | plot |
Willmott & Matsuura 1950-99 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
TREFHT | 2-meter air temperature (land) | plot | plot | plot |
PRECIP | Cumulative precipitation (land) | plot | plot | plot |
NCEP Reanalysis 1979-98 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PSL * | Sea-level pressure | plot | plot | plot |
SHFLX * | Surface sensible heat flux | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS * | Surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS TROP | Tropical surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
TS * | Surface temperature | plot | plot | plot |
TTRP | Tropopause temperature | plot | plot | plot |
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot | plot | plot |
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
Z 300 * | 300 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
ERA40 Reanalysis 1980-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
LHFLX * | Surface latent heat flux | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O * | Precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot | plot | plot |
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
Z 300 * | 300 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
ERA-Interim Reanalysis 1989-2005 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PREH2O * | Precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
TTRP | Tropopause temperature | plot | plot | plot |
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot | plot | plot |
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
Z 300 * | 300 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
JRA25 Reanalysis 1979-04 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PSL * | Sea-level pressure | plot | plot | plot |
SHFLX * | Surface sensible heat flux | plot | plot | plot |
LHFLX * | Surface latent heat flux | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS * | Surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS TROP * | Tropical surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
TREFHT | 2-meter surface air temperature | plot | plot | plot |
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot | plot | plot |
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
Z 300 * | 300 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
AIRS IR Sounder 2002-06 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
ERS Scatterometer 1992-2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SURF STRESS * | Surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS TROP | Tropical surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
NVAP 1988-1999 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
TGCLDLWP | Cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
TGCLDLWP TROP | Tropical cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
Woods Hole OAFLUX 1958-2006 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
LHFLX | Latent Heat Flux | plot | plot | plot |
QFLX | Surface Water Flux | plot | plot | plot |
GPCP 1979-2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
CMAP 1979-1998 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
PREC/L (CMAP) 1948-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT_LAND | Precipitation rate (land) | plot | plot | plot |
UWisc 1988-2008 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
TGCLDLWP | Cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
TGCLDLWP TROP | Tropical cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SSM/I (Wentz) 1987-2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O * | Precipitable water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
TRMM (3B43) 1998-2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
Large-Yeager 1984-2004 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SHFLX | Surface sensible heat flux | plot | plot | plot |
QFLX | Surface water flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLNS | Surf Net LW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNS | Surf Net SW flux | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS * | Surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS TROP | Tropical surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
CERES-EBAF March 2000-Feb 2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
ALBEDO | TOA albedo | plot | plot | plot |
ALBEDOC | TOA clearsky albedo | plot | plot | plot |
FLUT * | TOA upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLUTC | TOA clearsky upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOA * | TOA net SW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOAC | TOA clearsky net SW flux | plot | plot | plot |
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF TROP | Tropical TOA SW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
CERES 2000-2003 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
ALBEDO | TOA albedo | plot | plot | plot |
ALBEDOC | TOA clearsky albedo | plot | plot | plot |
FLUT * | TOA upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLUTC | TOA clearsky upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOA * | TOA net SW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOAC | TOA clearsky net SW flux | plot | plot | plot |
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF TROP | Tropical TOA SW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
FLUT * | TOA upward longwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLUTC | TOA clearsky upward longwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOA * | TOA net shortwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOAC | TOA clearsky net shortwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF TROP | Tropical TOA SW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
ISCCP FD Jul1983-Dec2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
FLDS | Surf LW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLDSC | Clearsky Surf LW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSDS | Surf SW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSDSC | Clearsky Surf SW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLNS | Surf Net LW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLNSC | Clearsky Surf Net LW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNS | Surf Net SW flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNSC | Clearsky Surf Net SW flux | plot | plot | plot |
LWCFSRF | Surf LW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCFSRF | Surf SW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
ISCCP D2 1983-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDHGH (IR clouds) | High cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDHGH (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | High cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW (IR clouds) | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED (IR clouds) | Mid cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | Mid cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTOT (IR clouds) * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTOT (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
ISCCP D1 Daytime Jul1983-Sep2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
MEANPTOP | Mean cloud top pressure | plot | plot | plot |
MEANTTOP | Mean cloud top temperature | plot | plot | plot |
MEANTAU | Mean cloud optical thickness | plot | plot | plot |
TCLDAREA | Total cloud area | plot | plot | plot |
Warren Cloud Surface OBS | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDLOW | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTOT * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLOUDSAT (Radar+Lidar) Sep2006-Dec2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED | Medium cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDHGH | High cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CFMIP Observation Simulator Package (COSP) Primary Diagnostics | ||||
CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_CAL | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW_CAL | Low-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED_CAL | Mid-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDHGH_CAL | High-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot |
MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_MISR | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTHICK_MISR | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot |
MODIS-COSP 2003-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_MODIS | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTHICK_MODIS | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot |
Additional COSP Diagnostics | ||||
CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_CAL | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW_CAL | Low-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED_CAL | Mid-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLDHGH_CAL | High-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLOUDSAT-COSP From Level 2 GEOPROF Jun2006-Nov2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_CS2 | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW_ISCCPCOSP | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED_ISCCPCOSP | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDHGH_ISCCPCOSP | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot |
MEANPTOP_ISCCPCOSP | Mean cloud top pressure | plot | plot | plot |
MEANCLDALB_ISCCPCOSP | Mean cloud albedo | plot | plot | plot |
MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_MISR | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW_MISR | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED_MISR | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDHGH_MISR | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTHICK_MISR | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot |
MODIS-COSP 2003-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDTOT_MODIS | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW_MODIS | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED_MODIS | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDHGH_MODIS | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTHICK_MODIS | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot |
CLIMODIS | Total ice cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
CLWMODIS | Total liquid cloud amount | plot | plot | plot |
IWPMODIS | Mean ice water path | plot | plot | plot |
LWPMODIS | Mean liquid water path | plot | plot | plot |
PCTMODIS | Mean cloud top pressure | plot | plot | plot |
REFFCLIMODIS | Mean effective radius (ice clouds) | plot | plot | plot |
REFFCLWMODIS | Mean effective radius (liquid clouds) | plot | plot | plot |
TAUILOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (ice clouds) | plot | plot | plot |
TAUWLOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) | plot | plot | plot |
TAUTLOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (all clouds) | plot | plot | plot |
TAUIMODIS | Mean optical thickness (ice clouds) | plot | plot | plot |
TAUWMODIS | Mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) | plot | plot | plot |
TAUTMODIS | Mean optical thickness (all clouds) | plot | plot | plot |